St. Lawrence University | SLAU is a private university located in Mengo, Rubaga Division, in central Kampala, Uganda’s largest city and capital. The university campus sits on 11 acres of land and is located near “Kabaka’s Lake”, in Mengo, close to the main Lubiri (Palace of the Kabaka of Buganda), 3 kilometres west of the central business district of Kampala.
SLAU is currently composed of five faculties • Faculty of Business Studies • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Humanities • Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology • Faculty of Industrial Art & Design
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St Lawrence University | SLAU emphasizes entrepreneurship, computer traning, personality modeling, and empowerment. These course units are compulsory for all students and are intended to enable graduates to be creative, innovative, goal-oriented, and entrepreneurial – in order that they can be self-reliant, versatile, and able to answer the usually vexing question of “after university what next?”.
The St Lawrence University | SLAU aims to provide excellent teaching as well as research and services that are responsive to the needs of the society, and as a result.
St Lawrence graduates are usually well-prepared, and able to create their own jobs. Creative thinking, applied problem-solving, and research are central to all academic programs at St Lawrence University Uganda; and learning takes place in an environment of intimate collaboration.
To date, the total enrollment of students is over 1000 students of whom 80% either commute from home or stay in the nearby hostels while the rest are staying at the University’s hostels. The university also hosts students for field work and research from Europe and USA. The University has a well stocked Library, a modern computer infrastructure with a fast and reliable internet connection, sports facilities, & spacious lecture theatres. Health care services and banking facilities will be provided in the University soon.
